Kabaddi in Punjab
A GNDU women’s camp letter connects college teams with coaching and selection. Read how dated records describe different kabaddi settings across Punjab.
Lahore; Gujrat; Rawalpindi/Islamabad; Amritsar
Culture · A guide to the archive
Games, makers and literary reception
Read dated game records, named makers, museum objects and literary responses, keeping each source’s purpose and limits visible.
How to approach this subject
Start with the record behind one game, workshop or retelling. Look for the named participants and keep the account’s date beside its claims. A programme, a result, a remembered apprenticeship, an object record and a critical reading ask different things of their reader. Follow those differences through the linked entries. Check which rules belong to a specified institution, which hopes remain hopes, and which interpretations belong to a named critic or artist. Read a literary retelling alongside its stated version rather than assuming every text or performance is interchangeable. The paragraph citations provide the route back to each selected passage.
An intentional selection
Begin with these entries
Circle style kabaddi
Raiders, stoppers and a village organiser reveal circle kabaddi’s collective work, as a Sangrur field report follows the people who sustain its tournaments.
Lehal Khurd, Sangrur; Lahore
Wrestling and akhara culture
Ajaz Anwar’s Lahore recollections place wrestling pits, trainers and contest publicity together, offering a view of akhara learning and spectatorship.
Lahore; Bholion, Punjab
Gatka
A June 2025 Gatka code distinguishes competition categories and demonstrations. Read that specific framework alongside dated scheme and university records.
Punjab; Chandigarh; Jalandhar
Gulli danda
An undated federation description explains gulli danda through two wooden pieces, catching and distance scoring, while acknowledging locally varying rules.
Mohla, Gujrat; Jalandhar
Kite making and flying traditions
A Lahore workshop makes paper, bamboo and teaching visible in kite-making, as artisans explain learning, interrupted work and hopes for passing on the craft.
Lahore and Amritsar
Chaupar and traditional board games
Infrared study reveals an earlier painted board beneath a rug in a work attributed to Nainsukh, opening a careful comparison of chaupar objects and images.
India (gaming-set record)
Sohni Mahiwal as a literary tradition
Fazal Shah’s Sohni Mahiwal invites attention to dialogue, conflict and inner speech. Explore how literary criticism approaches the lovers’ difficult choices.
Punjab and South Asian art
Mirza Sahiban as a literary tradition
A university study questions why Sahiban bears singular blame in Mirza Sahiban, examining reader responses and the different choices attributed to the lovers.
Lahore and Chandigarh
Sassi Punnun and Punjab reception
Persian, Sindhi and Punjabi tellings and an English publication place Sassi’s reception across literary languages, rather than within a single region.
Punjab and Sindh